Glass-pane holder



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GLASS PANE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I4, 1919.

' Patented July 27,1920. I

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GLASS-PANE HOLDER.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented July 27, 1920.

Application filed February 14, 1919. Serial No. 276,984.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ANTIME MOTTEAU, a citizen of the French Republic,residing at No. 127 2 Garay street, Buenos Aires, Argentina, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Glass-Pane Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a novel means for holding in position the glasspanes in metallic window frames and its object is to provide a simpleand economical means whereby the window pane may be held inl positionybefore putting on the mastic, said means being capable` of retainingsuch glass panes, even in case the mastic should fall out of the frame'.

To the above end there have been proposed heretofore different means,all of them, however, consisting in Xing to the webs ofthe angle bars ofthe frame by means of screws, rivets, or the like, stops or retainers ofany suitable form. This, however, considerably weakens the generalstructure, gives it disagreeable appearance, and greatly increases itsdead weight.

According to my present invention I attain the same results by making alongitudinal slot of suitable length along one web of certain of thebars of the frame and at any suitable point of the same, and passingthrough the said slot a small metal strap which is then bent overagainst the surface of the glass.

Where slots for jointing have been already made in the webs of thebars,las is the case in the well known fenestra joints, and in thosedisclosed in my co-pending application for Letters Patent, Serial Number276,983, filed of even date herewith, it is convenient to use suchslots, so as not to diminish the resistance of the general Vstructureand to avoid making new slots.

In order that my present invention may be clearly understood and easilycarried into practice, reference will be made now to the accompanyingdrawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a sectional view of an iron frame of ordinary sectionprovided with a holding device according to my present invention.

Fig. 2 is a like view of a fenestra iron frame,

Fig. 3 shows a modified construction wherein the holding device isinserted through the upper cut of the fenestra frame and Fig. 4 ,showsthe holding device as applied to an iron frame according to Vmyabove-identified, copending application.

Similar characters of reference indicate the same or like partsthroughout the above figures. It must be clearly understood thatalthough the present device is shown and def scribed as applied tospecific frames and profiles it may be also used in connection withl allkind of suitable iron or other frames.

l is a comparatively flexible metal strap, as for instance,a brass bandwhich yis inserted through a slot 2 in the web 3 of the angle-irondivision bar ofthe frame, which slot may be made at any suitable pointof the said web.' lVhen a deep slot is specially made Vfor yany purpose,the metal strap is provided with a corrugation which fits eX- actly inthe slot, but where the slots are, such corrugations may be dispensedwith, the metal strap being already rmly imprisoned within the saidslot. The other web 4 of the bar provides a support for the glass panesto be fastened in place, this being true whether the panes rest directlyupon the web 4 in Fig..1, or are supported by the web of a second bar,which is separate from and disposed at right angles to the first bar,and which, in turn, is supported thereby, as in Figs. 2, 3 and 4.

Figs. 2 and 3 show the invention as applied to a fenestra frame, themetal strap 1 being inserted in the lower and upper slot respectively inthe web of the division bar. Said strap is then bent upward or downward,as shown, and then over against the glass pane, which is thus held inposition by the same.

In the embodiment of Fig. 4, the metal strap 1 is inserted in the slotbefore fixing the rivets 5, the strap being firmly imprisoned by thesaid rivets.

While the strap-holding slot may be located at any suitable point in theweb 3, as has already been stated, it is preferably formed in the saidweb 3 adjacent the junction of that web with the web 4, as indicated inFigs. 1, 2 and 4, in which instance the bends immediately adjacent thecentral portion of the strap will be interposed bein which the strapisrengaged is located comparatively close to the free longitudinal Y orouter edge of web 3.

Although lthe holding device has been shown and described in connectionwith slots relating to the oint, it is obvious that Vit may be alsoapplied toslots made in any other parts of the iron webs and thiswithout diminishing the resistance of the material or` considerablyincreasing the dead weight of the structure.

Having now fully described and .ascertained the nature of my presentinvention and inwliatmanner'the saine is to be carried into practice, Ideclare vthat what I claim is z' Y l. Means for holding glass panes I inframes, comprising afbar of angle section embodying va pair-oflongitudinal webs arranged at right angles to each other, one webproviding support `for a pair of panes atopposite sides or' the otherweb, vand the latter web being provided with a transverse opening; and ametal strap having its central portion mounted in said opening and itstwo end portions iirst bent vertically against the vopposite side facesof the second-named web directly adjacent tlieropening'and then bentlaterally in opposite directions away from said second-named webdirectly against the outer faces of the panes so as to lie vflatthereagainst.

2. Means for holding glass panes in frame-s2 comprising a Vbar or" anglesectionv embodying a pair of longitudinal webs arranged at right anglesto each other, one web providing support for a pair of panes at oppositesides ofthe other web, and the latter Vweb being provided adjacent itspoint of connectionto the iirstnamed web with a transverse opening; anda metal strap having its central portion fitted in said opening and itstwo endportions first bent upwardly against the opposite side Jfaces oi'the second-named web directly adjacentthe opening and between said sidefacesand the adjacent edges otliepanesJ and then bent horizontally iopposite directions away iroin said second-named web directlyagainsttlie outer faces of the panes so as tol lie flat thereupon.

ln testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

ANTIME MOTTEAU.

' lVitnesses FREDK. H. HAUSE, L. TINTSU RODRIGUEZ.

